Rack attachment for doors.



J. FARLESE.

RACK ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 1. 1915.

l ,1 89,677. Patented July 4 1916.

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Specification of Letters PatenL PatentedJuly 4, 1916.

Application filed April 1, 1915. Serial No. 18,493.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN FARLESE, a citizen of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back Attachments for Doors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes racks and more particularly to detachable foldable racks of this character.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed and efficient rack of this character which is particularly adapted for use in connectionwlth a closet or wardrobe door, and provided with means to engage the top of the door whereby the rack is connected to the door without interfering with the moving of the door to closed position when occasion requires, and which is placed flat against the side of the door to occupy little space.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes rack which can be readily set up and removed from supporting position and embodying foldable members which when the device is not in use, can be shifted to a nesting or collapsed position, whereby the device will be unusually compact and conveniently placed in a piece of baggage and occupy a little space therein.

Another object is to provide a rack of this character in which the hook supporting bar thereof may be adjusted to vary its position relative to the height of the door on which the rack is mounted.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents a front elevation of this improved clothes rack applied; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the door showing this improved rack in end elevation and taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the connection of one of the arms with the cross bar, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the device in collapsed osition, ready for storage or shipment; Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof.

posltioned for supporting garments or other suitable articles.

The improved clothes rack contemplated by the present invention comprises an intermediate or cross bar 1 connected at its opposite ends with hanger bars 2 and 3 which may be of any suitable or desired length and which are provided at their lower ends which overlap the ends of bar 1 with longitudinally extending slots 4 to provide for the adjustment of the cross bar 1 relatively thereto, said bar 1 being connected with said arms by means of headed bolts 5 which pass through the slots 4 in the arms 2 and 3 and through apertures 6 formed in the ends of the cross bar 1 and areprovided on their free ends with winged nuts 6 for adjustably connecting said bar to said arms. The bolts which connect these members are provided adjacent the heads thereof with angular portions to prevent them from turning in the slots at so that they will be securely held when the nuts are screwed up or unscrewed.

The arms 2 and 3 are provided at their free ends with lateral hooks 7 disposed at right-angles to the arms 2 and 3 and provided at their terminals with downturned toothed bills 8 which are designed to be driven in the upper edge of a door or other support with the extensions 7 resting flat on said edge so that the rack will be supported on the door with the bars 2 and 3 and the cross bar 1 thereof lying flat against the face thereof and it is obvious that it may be applied either on the outside or on the inside of the door according to the wishes of the user.

The cross bar 1 is provided with a plurality of laterally extending longitudinally spaced hooks 9 for supporting clothes or other articles to be suspended on the rack and it is obvious that any desired number of these hooks'may be employed and that they may be spaced apart at any suitable or desired distance.

As shown, the bar 2 is provided in its outer edge interlnediately of its ends, with a notch 10 which is positioned to receive the inner edge of the hook 7 'of the arm 3 when the rack is in collapsed folded position, whereby the parts are reliably held in folded position and by so connecting these arms, they will occupy less space than if not so connected and after they have been folded into the position described and as shown in Figs. 1L and 5, the winged nuts 6' are tightened to prevent the arms and cross bar from swinging apart. Before this tightening is done, that is immediately after folding the hanger-bars 2 and 3 into the position shown in Figs ,4: and 5, the reception of the hook 7 of the bar-,3 in the notch 10 of the other bar will form a connection between both of these bars and this, due to the fact that the bolts 5 are then at the ends of the slots 4, will prevent endwise shifting of said bars while tightening the nuts 6'. This insures that the article be folded in its shortest and most'compact form.

From the above description, it will be obvious that when this rack is supported on a door in the manner above described with the toothed flanges 8 driven into the upper edge of the door, the rack will lie flat against the face of the door and the cross bar 1 thereof may be adjusted by loosening the Wing nuts 6 and moving the bar relatively of the arms 2 and 3 to position it at any desired height thereon and after it has been placed in the position required, these nuts are again tightened and the device is ready for use.

I claim as my invention A rack comprising a pair of upright hanger bars having laterally extending supporting hooks at their upper ends and having their lower ends formed with vertical slots, a horizontal article supporting bar contacting with the sides of said hanger bars opposite those from which the hooks extend, pivot bolts passing through the slots and through the ends of said article supporting bar, and clamping nuts on said bolts, the two hanger bars being adapted to fold into overlapping relation adjacent oneside of the article supporting bar when not in use and to be then moved inwardly'to position the bolts at the outer ends of the slots, one of said hanger bars having in one edge a notch to receive the hook of the other when the device is folded in order to prevent sliding of the hanger bars beyond the articlesupporting bar while the clamping nuts are being tightened. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of the subscribing witnesses.

' JOHN FARLESE. WVitnesses:

HENRY F. WEBBER, M. LAWRENCE MEADE, ARNOLD W. THOMAS. 

